💡 In this episode of Monday Tips, Lillian Cauldwell shares strategies for managing grocery costs amid tariffs. Discover how to make your food budget go further without losing quality or nutrition, plus smart resources for wellness and cooking at home.
⚖️ In this Monday Tips episode, Lillian Cauldwell shares 10 strategies to help you navigate the economy under rising tariffs and inflation. Learn to plan ahead, avoid money-hoarding traps, and stay resilient while supporting your family and community in today’s challenging financial times.
Scam DamNation host Lillian Cauldwell issues an ATM Scam Warning, exposing double-tap ATM thefts that drain cash before it reaches victims. Learn how to protect your money.
In Roman times, tariffs often proved to bring more harm than benefit—what lessons might this hold for today? Don’t miss it!
The hosts also touch on the new tariffs imposed by Trump on Canada and Mexico, and report on the tragic stabbing of a Singaporean student in Brussels, the motives for which remain unknown.
Doug Irwin’s insights make it clear that “tariffs are rarely the best option. Economists have found that tariffs often have unintended consequences, can provoke retaliation from other countries, and are not an effective policy tool for achieving the goals we Americans aspire to.”
The Peterson Institute for International Economics concluded that Trump’s main tariff proposals would reduce the US economy by more than a percentage point by 2026 and increase inflation by 2% next year.
The issue with tariffs is that nations impacted by our import taxes may retaliate by increasing their tariffs to protect their domestic goods and products.

